Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Hunter Education course dates have been set for a class in Hays, starting with registration on Thurs. and Fri., Aug. 16 and 17, from 4-7 p.m. and class starting on Sat., Aug. 18. For youth to be eligible to hunt and...

The deadline to sign up for enrollment in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is Friday, Aug. 17, 2018. In return for enrolling land in CRP, FSA provides participants with annual rental payments and cost-share assistance to remove sensitive lands...

Editor’s Note: This was submitted to the Big Sandy Mountaineer this week and we felt it was appropriate to publish in the Blaine County Journal as well. Author’s Note: This poem is republished here in honor of Robert Lucke, who loved poetry and k...

One of my favorite quotes from the boxer Muhammad Ali is about training: “I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’” I have a good friend who says it a bit...

The winners of the drawings for the Summer Reading Grand Prizes are Mary Simons in the preschool age group and Savannah Heilig in the grade school age group. Congratulations to all the children who participated in the summer reading program! There...

We have a couple of non-fiction books ready this week. Wendy Mitchell had a busy job with the British National Health Service, raised her two daughters alone, and spent her weekends running and climbing mountains. Then, slowly, a mist settled deep...

Thank You to Audrey Parnell for the delicious snacks for the card players. Thank You to Kay Schmitt for folding the bags for Food Bank. Thank You to Phyllis Heilig for the cases of water. Thank You to Ellen Ayres for the party streamers. Thank You...

The Cancer Support Group will be meeting on August 21, 2018, at 11:30 a.m. A representative from the Sweet Medical Center will be our speaker. We would like to incorporate more volunteers to help out at the center. We could use cooks, dishwashers,...

Reporter's note: This fall will mark five years my wife and I have lived in Chinook. She's since retired as a pastor and I've scaled back from a part time reporter to "even more" part time reporting....

Agricultural producers affected by hurricanes and wildfires in 2017 now may apply for assistance to help recover and rebuild their farming operations. Signup began July 16, 2018, and continues through Nov. 16, 2018. Hurricanes and wildfires caused...

USDA began accepting disaster assistance program applications on June 4 from agricultural producers who suffered livestock, honeybees, farm-raised fish and other losses due to natural disasters. USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) reopened the applica...

Terry and Shirley Suneson of Minnesota came to visit with Bill and Mary Hake for a week. They enjoyed each other’s company and a lot of reminiscing. Susan Fox attended a Quilt Guild meeting in Turner on Saturday. Reece Hutton is home for a week...

Susan and Emily Billmayer are attending family reunions in Coon Valley, Wisconsin and also in Omaha, Nebraska. Diana Maloney took Harlan and Jane Krass to Great Falls on Wednesday for Jane’s medical appointment for her shoulder. Joely and Josh Hini...